23 June: Government House, in
Auckland is burned to the ground by a fire believed to have started in the butler's pantry. Most chattels and Government documents were saved.[3]
16 October – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes
Marlborough, causing three deaths.
13 December – Otago News begins publication. The newspaper publishes fortnightly until closing in 1850.[5]
Sport
Cricket
Cricket is played on the present site of
The Octagon, Dunedin. A team from
Otago challenges
Wellington to a match, but the challenge is not accepted.[6]
^Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at
"Long-term data series". Archived from
the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular
"A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from
the original(Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.